| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 10 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | |||
| 2 | Burnley | 11 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | |||
| 3 | West Bromwich Albion | 10 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | |||
| 4 | Norwich City | 11 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | |||
| 5 | Crystal Palace | 9 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 6 | Manchester City | 10 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 7 | Portsmouth | 11 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | |||
| 8 | Bradford City | 10 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||
| 9 | Coventry City | 10 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | |||
| 10 | Wimbledon | 11 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | |||
| 11 | Nottingham Forest | 10 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 12 | Grimsby Town | 12 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 13 | Millwall | 10 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 14 | Birmingham City | 10 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 15 | Gillingham | 10 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 16 | Preston North End | 10 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | |||
| 17 | Sheffield United | 11 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 18 | Watford | 10 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | |||
| 19 | Crewe Alexandra | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | |||
| 20 | Walsall | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |||
| 21 | Barnsley | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | |||
| 22 | Sheffield Wednesday | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 23 | Rotherham United | 11 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 24 | Stockport County | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | |||